Passenger-car.



H. HOWSON.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED my 2a, 1908.

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HENRY HowsoN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO, THE J. G. BRILL coMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYL- VANIA.

a no. 901,902.

PAssENGEn-cAn.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed m 23, 1908*. Serial No. 431,528:

,To all'whom 'Ltmay concern;

Be it known that I-, HnNRY-HowsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

of which the ollowing is a specification.

My invention relatesto certain improvements in passenger cars of the type in which a passenger pays the fare on entering the car.

One object of my invention is to provide for closing the ingress and egress passageways at the side of the platform with a panel between the passagewaysfor receiving one or both doors; A

A further object is to so connect the'doors that they will work' in unison.

In the accompanying drawings :--Figure.

1, is a sectional lan view of one endof a passenger car, ilustrating" my invention; Fig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional view on the line- 2-2, Fig. 1; Fig: 3, is a detached Fig. 1-; Fig. 4, is a sectional plan'view of a modification'of my invention; and Fig; 5, is

' a view'of a modifica'tion of the door operat- Ing-mechamsm.

H is the body form.

H is a transverse partition having an ingress passageway in on one side and an egress passageway h on the other side of a central section 11. This section can be of of the car and-T is the platany width desired.

I is a vestibule casing inclosing one end" of the platform.

I is a fixed panel section at one side of the car having .a channel 1 for the reception of a sliding door J closing the egress passageway at that side of ,thecar which is used when the platform is at the front of the car. This door J is preferably provided with a suitable handle and is within easy reach of; the motor-man when the platform is at the rear of the car. This door may be locked and the step may be of the fixed or movable type.

car is a fixed panel section G separating the ingress passageway 0 at the edge of the platform I from the egress passageway c,

and extending from thispanel to the central. portion of the transverse partition H is a guard A in the form of a rail. The portion a of this rail is fixed and the portion a have invented tion,

the doors illustrated in .ing' above the doorways.

On the opposite side of the is movable; being hinged at a and adapted to a socket a on the panel C and, when turned over so as to rest upon the fixed secit is adapted to a socket a on the partition H and is in the socket on it separates the egress section of theplatform from the ingress section and there is sufficient space in the egress section between the two panels C .and H along the rail for the conductor, so that he is free tolmoveto a position close to the panel 72,, if it is necessary to collect the fares at this point before the passengers enter the body of the car, or he can move to a position close to the panel C at the side of the car.

As shown in Fig; 1, the rail extends to the side of 'the'panel nearest the ingress passageway c sothatthe'conductor will have full control of the ingress passageway at the edge of the platform, as well as complete control of the egress passageway.

In order to close the passageways c, c, I

provide twodoors B and D; the door B closing the ingress passageway and the door D closing the egress passagewayand, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2., the doors move together in the same direction, being connected, as illustrated in Fig; 3, with bars I], b, orient the upper end'of'the doorway and one at the lowerend.

The doors have grooved wheels c in the present instancewhich are adapted to a rail E, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, extend- Thelower portions ofthe; doors may be guided in any suitable manner. platform at the ress passageway c for the reception of'the ar b which connects the lower portion ofthe two doors. The door Bis adapted to a channel 0 in the double panel C, while the door D is adapted to a channel f in the-back of the panel F at one side of the body portion of the car.

In some instances where it is found not desirable to form a channel in the body of the car, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the doors may be made as shown inFig; l, both sliding within the panels G.- Two channels 0", c 'are formedto receive the two doors B and D") These doors are shown as moving independently in opposite directions to close thcimrcspeviive openings, but they may be provided with coiniccting mechanism so that when the section a of the rail A slot 0 is formed in the when one door is moved in one direction the other door will move in the opposite direct tion. This can'be accomplished as shown in Fig. 5, where the door B has a rack b I and the door I) has a rack (Z both adapted to engage a gear wheel cl on-a fixed pivot (Z secured to any fixed point on the car, preferably at the upper end of the panel. When one door is'i'novedin one direction the other Wlll' move simultaneously in the opposite direction, so that the conductor need only handle one door when the construction showir rail A extends from the fixed portion It" ofthe partition H to-theedge ofthe panel L nearest the egress passageway. In this case the rail is a fixture, although onesection may be arranged so as to swing to provide a clear'passageway when desired.

5y the above construction'it is not. necessary to provide doors to close theingressand egress passageways in the partition H separating the body of the car from the platform, the platform can be entirely closed.

When the platform is at the rear of the car and it is desired to allow passengers either to alight from the car or to board the car, either one of the doors B and D is moved by the conductor to the open position, as shown .in Fig. 1, and the passengers can pass out of the car through the egress passageway h in the partition H and through the passageway c at the side of the ear; the conductor remaining in the egress passageway at the side of the rail and, if nec essary, he can regulate the exit of passengers, and when the rail is arranged as shown in Fig. 1, he is within easy reach of themgress passageway so as to control the movement of the passengers onto the platform.

When the platform is at the forward end of the car the doors B and D are closed and preferably locked, and "the door J is unlocked and is under the control of the motorman. The section a of the rail, when the rail is made as shown in Fig. 1, can be turned back and on top of the fixed section a and locked in the socket a so as to leave a clear passage fromthe car body on either side of the rail A.

I claim y 1. The combination in a passenger car, of a platform at one end of the car, a-pancl at one side of the platform forming two passageways, and aguar'd separating the platform into two sections and extending from the panel to the body of the car, as to form ingress and egress passageways connecting the body of the car with the side of'the platform.

2. The combination in a passenger car, of aplat-form at one end thereof, a panel centrally situated at the side of the platform, leaving passageways on either side, and a sliding door arranged to close one of the passageways and adapted to slidcways in the panel.

3. The combination in a. passenger car, of a platform at one end, a panel at one side of the platform so arranged as to leave an ingress passageway atone side of the panel and an egress passageway on the other side of the panel, sliding doors closing said passageways, one of said doors adapted to guides on the panel so that when the door open it will be protected by the panel. t. The't-ombination in a car, of a body portioina platform,*a transverse partition separating the body portio n from the plat-v form, ingress and egress passageways in said partition separated by a panel, a panel at the side of the platform midway between the ends thereof forming ingress and egress passageways, one on each side of they panel, and a rail extending from the panel in the transverse partition to the panel at the side of the platform and dividing the platform into ingress and egress sections.

5. The combination in a car, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body portion from the platform, ingress and egress pssageways in said partition separated-by apanel, a panel at the'side of the platform midway between the ends thereof'forming ingress and egress passageways, one on each side of the panel, a rail extending from the panel in the trans 3 verse partition. to the'panel at the side of the platform and dividing the platform into in ress and e 'ress sections and slidim doors partition separating the body portion from the platform, ingress and egress passage- Waysin said partition separated by a panel, a. panel at the side of the platform midway between the ends thereof and forming two passageways, with a guard rail separating the platform into ingressand egress sections, said guardrail extending from the ingress edge of the panel at the side of the platform to the ingress edge of thepanel in the transverse partition.

7. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body portion from the platform,- ingress and egress passageways in. said partition separated. by a panel, a panel at the side of the platform midway between the ends thereof and forming two passagewayswith a guard rail separating section to leave a clear platform to the ingress edge of the panel in the transverse 1)a1't1tion,said rail being made in two sections, one sectlon being fixed and the other movable, the movable section being f so hinged to the fixed section that it can be turned over and will lie upon the fixed passageway on either sideof the rail.

8. The combination in a car, of a body portion, a platform, a panel at the side of the platform, said panel being so situated as to form passageways on each side thereof, a slideway in the panel and a slideway at the side of the body portion of the car, two doors, one door adapted to a slideway in the panel and one door adapted to the slideway in the body portion of the car, said doors arranged to close the opening on each side of the panel.

9. The cpmbination in a passenger car, of a platform. a panel at one side of the plat form so located as to form a passageway on each side thereof, a slideway in the body of the car, a slideway in the panel, and two sliding doors, one adapted to one slideway and the other adapted to the other shdeway,

g g l l said doors being spaced apart and connected so as to move in unison.

10. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body portion from the platforinandhaving ingress and e ress doorways therein, a panel at one side 01 the platform so situated as to form passageways, one'at each side of the panel, a guard rail extending from the said panel to a point near the center of the transverse partition and dividing the platform into ingress and egress sections, a section of said guard rail being movable, a channel in said panel and a channel at one side of the body of the car, two doors, means for connecting the two doors. one door adapted to the channel in the panel and the other door adapted to the channel in the body portion, and means for supporting the doors so that they can be shifted in unison to open or close the passageway at the side of the platform.

I n testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY HOWSON.

Witnesses:

Jos. H. KLEIN, WM. A. BARR. 

